EP1166369A4 - Hybrid thermionic energy converter and method - Google Patents
Hybrid thermionic energy converter and methodInfo
- Publication number
- EP1166369A4 EP1166369A4 EP00946746A EP00946746A EP1166369A4 EP 1166369 A4 EP1166369 A4 EP 1166369A4 EP 00946746 A EP00946746 A EP 00946746A EP 00946746 A EP00946746 A EP 00946746A EP 1166369 A4 EP1166369 A4 EP 1166369A4
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- energy converter
- thermionic energy
- hybrid
- hybrid thermionic
- converter
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02N—ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H02N3/00—Generators in which thermal or kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy by ionisation of a fluid and removal of the charge therefrom
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J45/00—Discharge tubes functioning as thermionic generators
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
- H10N10/10—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects
- H10N10/13—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
- B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
- B82Y40/00—Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S977/00—Nanotechnology
- Y10S977/70—Nanostructure
- Y10S977/832—Nanostructure having specified property, e.g. lattice-constant, thermal expansion coefficient
- Y10S977/833—Thermal property of nanomaterial, e.g. thermally conducting/insulating or exhibiting peltier or seebeck effect
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- Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
- Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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US12390099P | 1999-03-11 | 1999-03-11 | |
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PCT/US2000/005975 WO2000059047A1 (en) | 1999-03-11 | 2000-03-06 | Hybrid thermionic energy converter and method |
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EP1166369A1 EP1166369A1 (en) | 2002-01-02 |
EP1166369A4 true EP1166369A4 (en) | 2006-12-27 |
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US (2) | US6489704B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1166369A4 (en) |
JP (1) | JP4422917B2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR100666157B1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN1197177C (en) |
AU (1) | AU762276B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2367686C (en) |
IL (2) | IL145350A0 (en) |
MX (1) | MXPA01009136A (en) |
RU (1) | RU2233509C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000059047A1 (en) |
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